YOUTHFUL ENGLISH SPORTSMEN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 284, 21 March 1877, Page 4

YOUTHFUL ENGLISH SPORTSMEN.

It seem* that Lord Coventry lehevcs In teaching theyonng idea t»> ft mat as weli W abwtTAn £n*Ji»t» exchange says of that nobleman: "Hi* «;! k9t fT' ! Deerhurst is 1.1 y®»*» t;M r aft*! J»ta»«e fctotheff Charley is 10, am* hk« all the Coventry* are fond nCin » ; never imsa a chance «f a day »f they can Mt one, and fcoth. ride m scarlet and boot*. Not long ago, daring t hetr vacation, «&•? fad » fmm * ; f^ £l J**" afca-yin# with then*wtn t backTEottl Coventry one day allowed Lord Deerhurst sight conple of honnds to |st« a ottiet hnnt by himself while his brother wa» first whip and the yonng friend second. Off they went and bnt dre* a covert m the parte blank, bnt had no sooner left it than they viewed afos eroding the park. He pttC his hounds on And away they went in view and ruced Kink actoMi it j; t£um fi© ficieit t<:> Jrttnp tnt* wall, but the hottnda were so near htm •that he turned ahort back across the parte toward the pond, where they killed him. Young Charley had to cot him tip ami managed to do his head and brvtjto, hut waft not quite man enough for his pacts. ThMXk Lord Coventry, who with Larty Coventry had been quietly looking: on and enjoying the scene, came atid lent him a hand. This is a rare way of entertaining them ; and we suppose Lord Deerhorst ts the youngest huntsman who ever killed a fox ; and no one had anything to dt> wtch the hounds at ait bat these three boys, of whom their parents had every reason to be proud." Only think of it: "To he sent to Coventry" and then indulged in "scarlet boots,'* and a fox hunt. Heigho, who wouldn't g& 't